Today I just finished this great game called LIMBO. It's a puzzle platformer with tons of hard puzzles. Currently, it is free on PS4 with a Playstation Plus member ship (during August 2015). It's a must-play for anyone who loves devilish puzzles, dark atmospheric games, or mysterious games where you interpet the story. Don't play if you are afraid of spiders, though.

On Spoilers: If you discuss anything that could spoil the game (answers to puzzles, the ending, etc.) put "spoiler " in quotes and skip a few lines to show that it is a spoiler and no one's experience is ruined.
Note: This thread is about LIMBO, the puzzle/platforming game developed by Playdead, not the popular party game.
Note 2: This game can get a little graphic, so player discretion is advised. Please do not discuss anything graphic on this thread that would not be appropriate for Scratch.

I'll jump-start the discussion. What's your favorite moment in the game, your favorite puzzle, and the hardest puzzle? Also, what's yor interpretation of the ending? Again, don't put anything not acceptable on Scratch. I will put my answers in a separate post because of spoilers.

Well, no one answered… There has to be someone on Scratch who played LIMBO… anyway, I'll answer my questions…

Spoilers abound!

The hardest part for me was figuring out at near the end that when you slide down the slope after the zip line you have to switch gravity to get on, I didn't realize the arrow moved gravity, I thought it was a sign. I spent many seconds after that face palming.

The hardest actual puzzle was the one with the two massive blocks, the gravity switcher, and the magnet. I felt so smart when I figured it out.

I liked the puzzle with the huge fly, but it was kinda gross. And I loved/hated the last moment with the spider. It's amazing how just before, I hated the spider and was super scared of it, and then I just felt bad for it.


Here's my ending theory… I'll try to make it scratchpropriate, but if there's any anything I should change, please tell me.

I think both the brother and sister died, but the boy couldn't accept death for some reason. Maybe he had unfinished business or something. Then he went through Limbo, which was like a nightmarish realm of all his fears. Those could be spiders, flies, bullies (the other children), drowning, falling, being crushed, and being lost. He dies every death the player dies to remind him. When it finally reaches the climax, he realizes that he, despite his fears, he lived a good life, and he smashes through the barrier to the afterlife/heaven. He is finally with his sister again, and they are content with each other in their treehouse where they played when they were alive. When it shows the treehouse during the menu, all dilapidated, you see two groups of flys flying around. This could be where the the two children were buried.

I've read another theory that the boy died in a car accident and the game was his life flashing before his eyes and the barriermhe breaks through at the end is the windshield, but I don't really like that one.

Bump

Bump'igan.

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